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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
1
Nine coal miners died and another was injured in an explosion at a Utah model mine near Helper. The blast at the west shaft likely ignited methane or coal dust. officials noted no explosives were in use and a drill bit may have exposed a methane pocket.
Fidel Castro's government begins its yearly import of Christmas foods. The first shipment reached Havana from Spain and Algeria, including olive oil candy wine grapes dates and powdered milk donated by Algeria.
In Florida a chimpanzee steering a sports car with 41 year old Robert E. Stover and a girl named Tammy led to a reckless driving charge after highway patrol stopped them on Interstate 4 near Tampa. Trooper Maxwell praised the chimp's driving but cited lack of license.
Hal F. Hellman, 19, of Jamaica New York, died after an all night drinking party at a Madison hotel. William Over 24 of Chicago and Richard Johns 19 of Madison present. Over allegedly handled a .38 revolver and after failed attempts it fired near Hellman’s head. Over was hospitalized in fair condition. Johns reported the events to police.
President Johnson urged a worldwide crusade to conquer hunger disease and ignorance and pledged U.S. support to the United Nations. He called for ending the cold war and halting spread of nuclear weapons while urging arms control and international aid. He spoke before 113 U.N. members in New York and noted Kennedy's legacy. Johnson outlined broad aims without specific proposals and stressed shared duty among nations.
PORT WASHINGTON AP Two young brothers Kevin 2 and Kerry 7 months died from smoke inhalation when a fire swept their two story frame home. Their mother was at a neighbor's two doors away to borrow a cookie cutter. Fire Chief Leo Bruecher said the kitchen area was badly damaged and the state fire marshal would investigate the cause. The Keller family's other child Kim 6 was at school.
Saigon reports the South Viet Nam military junta has replaced its marine commander and air force commander in a new round of high level leadership changes amid ongoing reorganizations.
Two others injured in a snowy highway crash one mile east of Magnolia. Victims were Mr. and Mrs. William N. Kruen of Chandler Minnesota in their late thirties. Occupants Mrs John Ettama of Chandler and Eva Lou Opsata of Laverne Minnesota were injured. Mrs Ettama is married to a Chandler pastor.
The 1964 Wisconsin Calendar and Date Book is available through La Crosse Tribune carriers by mail or at the newspaper office. Priced at $1 per copy, the 118 page calendar includes daily memo space and weekly pages with pictures. Mail orders are processed the same day and postage is included. Correspondence should be directed to the Wisconsin Book Department, The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse Wisconsin.
The House approved an $800 million cut in foreign aid and added a ban on guaranteeing private financing of wheat sales to the Communist bloc. The vote also leaves final passage of the aid bill uncertain, with Johnson criticizing Congress and urging Senate action. The move comes amid disputes over a $3.6 billion spending ceiling and U.S. ship-assisted wheat sales to ally nations.
George Baldwin, 57, of rural Rosemount, died when his car left Highway 3 49 and smashed into a barn five miles north of Rosemount. Investigating officers found roads not slick. cause of the crash is undetermined. The fatality was Minnesota’s 758th of 1963, with the year toll 94 higher than last year.
Mayor Samuel Yorty promised compensation and help filing claims for Baldwin Hills Reservoir flood victims. Officials estimate damage could exceed 10 million dollars as 64 homes were destroyed and 82 more damaged amid 27 injuries and at least three deaths. Marie MacDonald reported her husband Archie vanished during the disaster.
In Maracaibo Venezuela Efren and Ines Prieto take their five sons home three months after their Sept. 8 birth. The family moves from a shoreside shack to a sprawling El Paraiso house as their quints thrive with a nurse to care for them and no special diet required.
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Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said the growing U S atomic arsenal could destroy Russian society if attacked. He asserted NATO can fight a conventional war without immediate nuclear escalation and urged strengthening conventional forces to reach about 30 divisions in Europe.
Senators Nelson and Humphrey press for Johnson backing a $150 million high intensity atom smasher near the University of Wisconsin in Stoughton. An aide says Kennedy indicated approval before his assassination and planned to propose funding in the 1965 budget to begin construction. The Midwestern Universities Research Association had urged a $4.5 million allocation to start work.
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